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Ruth FIRMENICH

No group · Germany

Group
No group NI
Country
Germany
Roll-call participation
98.9 %ⓘ of 620 roll calls in office · chamber median 90.6 % · whole term, final votes
With majority line
—ⓘ The non-attached have no group line.
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National party
BSW Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht – Vernunft und Gerechtigkeit
In office
Since 16 Jul 2024
Against clear line
—ⓘ The non-attached have no group line.
Committees
AFET (substitute), REGI, SEDE (substitute)
Member id
25758
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Record

The member’s figures against the median of their group and of the chamber. Each vote counts the member in the group they belonged to that day.

Roll-call participation ⓘ

98.9 %

613 of 620 final votes while in office

Non-attached median: 89.2 %

Chamber median: 90.6 %

With majority lineⓘ

—

The non-attached have no group line.

Against clear lineⓘ

—

The non-attached have no group line.

Abstention ⓘ

24.3 %

149 of 613 votes cast

Participation 98.9 % — Non-attached median 89.2 %, 31 members.ⓘ
Data as a table
Participation among the 31 members of the Non-attached with enough votes.
FigureParticipation
Ruth FIRMENICH98.9 %
Non-attached median89.2 %
Lowest in the group59.2 %
Highest in the group99.4 %
Members31
  • Whole term, 620 final votes; 620 of 794 decisions had a final vote recorded by name. The dots are the other non-attached members; no ranks.
  • “No vote recorded” is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.
  • A group’s line is inferred from its members’ votes — Parliament publishes no whip.
  • The non-attached have no group line: loyalty and votes against a clear line are not computed.

Votes, 5 928

Export

Every roll-call vote of the term with the member’s position, newest first.

Result: for–against–abstained. Majority line: how most of the member’s group voted that day (“Tie” when no position won). ≠ group marks a vote otherwise than a clear line (at least two thirds, with at least 10 members voting) of their group.
DateDecision and voteResultPositionMajority line
20 May 2026Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response Amendment 13, adding text after paragraph 14 204 for, 432 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response Paragraph 11 — part 1 474 for, 73 against, 91 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response Separate vote on paragraph 6 418 for, 210 against, 9 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
20 May 2026Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response Amendment 3 to paragraph 4 189 for, 440 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response Separate vote on paragraph 2 435 for, 190 against, 16 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
20 May 2026Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response Amendment 12, adding text after paragraph 1 193 for, 431 against, 8 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response Amendment 2 to paragraph 1 192 for, 451 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade Final vote on the motion for a resolutionAdopted 527 for, 62 against, 59 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Final vote — text as a wholeAdopted 369 for, 160 against, 112 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 41, adding text after recital P 225 for, 396 against, 17 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 3 to recital M 114 for, 494 against, 40 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Recital G — part 2 470 for, 112 against, 63 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 29, adding text after recital F 291 for, 303 against, 50 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 9 to recital C 143 for, 452 against, 55 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Citation 5 — part 2 467 for, 151 against, 32 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Paragraph 1, point aq — part 2 455 for, 152 against, 39 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 65 to paragraph 1, point ap 327 for, 264 against, 55 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 28 to paragraph 1, point ap 320 for, 293 against, 19 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Paragraph 1, point al — part 5 465 for, 139 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Paragraph 1, point al — part 3 474 for, 136 against, 27 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Paragraph 1, point al — part 2 515 for, 112 against, 19 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 63 to paragraph 1, after point aj 201 for, 411 against, 29 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendments 27 + 39 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point ag 338 for, 285 against, 18 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 26 to paragraph 1, point ag 199 for, 404 against, 31 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendments 25 + 38 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point af 342 for, 279 against, 14 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Paragraph 1, point af — part 2 482 for, 132 against, 9 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Paragraph 1, point af — part 1 622 for, 5 against, 6 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 24 to paragraph 1, point af 185 for, 441 against, 12 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 35 to paragraph 1, point ae 415 for, 206 against, 20 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendments 23 + 37 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, after point ad 235 for, 398 against, 10 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 34 to paragraph 1, point ad 308 for, 313 against, 23 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendments 22 + 36 (voted as one) to paragraph 1, point ad 210 for, 417 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 33 to paragraph 1, point ac 461 for, 94 against, 77 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 59 to paragraph 1, after point ab 156 for, 474 against, 15 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 57 to paragraph 1, after point ab 200 for, 388 against, 41 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 56 to paragraph 1, after point ab 148 for, 466 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 55 to paragraph 1, after point ab 206 for, 391 against, 21 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 54 to paragraph 1, point ab 199 for, 399 against, 22 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 53 to paragraph 1, after point aa 379 for, 181 against, 78 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 32 to paragraph 1, after point aa 347 for, 205 against, 86 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 52 to paragraph 1, point aa 138 for, 391 against, 107 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 31 to paragraph 1, point aa 284 for, 288 against, 70 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Paragraph 1, point v — part 2 417 for, 177 against, 51 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 2 to paragraph 1, point v 189 for, 444 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 7 to paragraph 1, after point r 184 for, 448 against, 15 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 17 to paragraph 1, after point o 205 for, 437 against, 4 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Separate vote on paragraph 1, point o 409 for, 227 against, 11 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 16 to paragraph 1, point o 148 for, 475 against, 22 abstainedPosition: Abstained Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Amendment 1 to paragraph 1, point o 202 for, 432 against, 10 abstainedPosition: For Majority line: —
20 May 2026Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly Paragraph 1, point n — part 4 432 for, 178 against, 21 abstainedPosition: Against Majority line: —

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Roll-call participation

One cell per sitting while in office, shaded by the share of that day’s roll calls the member voted in. The official attendance register is kept separately by Parliament.

No vote recorded on 0 of 80 sittings with roll calls.

"No vote recorded" is not the same as absent: leave, illness and chairing the sitting look the same.

Data as a table

Voting neighbours

Members who voted the same way most often in the roll calls they both took part in, within and outside the member’s group (group at the date of each vote), over all roll calls of the term.

At least 200 shared roll calls over at least six months in office together. Within = both sat in the same group on the date of the vote; a member who changed group can appear on both lists. Baseline = the median agreement of all pairs of members of the groups the two sat in on the date of each shared vote (within: the group they shared; outside: the two groups), weighted by the votes they shared in each combination.

Within No group

No member meets the rule within the group.

Outside the group

Agreement: roll calls where both cast the same position, of the roll calls both voted in while in different groups (“shared”); a count below 50 shared. Baseline: the median agreement of every pair of members of the groups the two sat in on those votes (groups at the date, weighted by the votes shared in each combination).
SelectMemberGroupCountryAgreementBaseline
Fabio DE MASI No groupGermany98 % of 5 685 shared44 %
Jan-Peter WARNKE No groupGermany97 % of 5 494 shared44 %
Thomas GEISEL No groupGermany97 % of 4 993 shared44 %
Michael VON DER SCHULENBURG No groupGermany96 % of 5 147 shared44 %
Martin SONNEBORN No groupGermany71 % of 5 047 shared44 %
Kateřina KONEČNÁ No groupCzechia60 % of 5 316 shared44 %
Branislav ONDRUŠ No groupSlovakia59 % of 4 414 shared44 %
Ondřej DOSTÁL No groupCzechia58 % of 5 355 shared44 %
Friedrich PÜRNER No groupGermany56 % of 5 029 shared44 %
Ľuboš BLAHA No groupSlovakia56 % of 5 131 shared44 %

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Work

Seats in committees, delegations and intergroups, and the dossiers the member leads, shadows or negotiates.

Seats

Body: the committee, delegation or intergroup, with its kind. Role: the member’s role in it. From, To: the dates of the seat (“now” while it lasts).
BodyRoleFromTo
Committee on Foreign AffairsAFET CommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Regional DevelopmentREGI CommitteeMember19 Jul 2024now
Committee on Security and DefenceSEDE CommitteeSubstitute23 Jan 2025now
Subcommittee on Human RightsDROI SubcommitteeSubstitute19 Jul 2024now
Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of ChinaD-CN DelegationSubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation for relations with the countries of South AsiaDSAS DelegationMember19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the OACPS-EU Joint Parliamentary AssemblyDACP Parliamentary assemblySubstitute19 Sept 2024now
Delegation to the Africa-EU Parliamentary AssemblyDAFR Parliamentary assemblyMember19 Sept 2024now

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Dossiers

Dossier: the procedure the declaration names (“No dossier named” for a delegation without one). Role: rapporteur, shadow rapporteur, negotiator or delegation. Committee: the committee that appointed them. Date: of the declaration.
DossierRoleCommitteeDate
Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China Mission to Beijing and Wuhan 26-29 May Official delegationD-CN9 May 2026
First EU-Africa Parliamentary Assembly in Eswatini, May 2026Official delegationDAFR5 May 2026
No dossier namedOfficial delegation23 Oct 2024

Topics they work on (model-assigned)

Counts: dossiers they spoke on, led or amended, and their questions and motions.

In the chamber

Speeches and statements in plenary debates, newest first; the verbatim report is on Parliament’s site.

31 contributions recorded; 40 minutes of speaking time.

Date: the sitting. Debate: the item debated, and the group when they spoke on its behalf. Kind: speech or written statement, with speaking time. Verbatim: the verbatim report on Parliament’s site.
DateDebateKindVerbatim
16 Sept 2026Urgent need for EU support to Ukraine against Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
7 Jul 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
19 May 2026Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
19 May 2026Europe's response to reduced US military deployments in Europe, particularly at its Eastern flank in the light of the latest US decisions (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
29 Apr 2026Danger of normalising relations with Russia, including its participation in major cultural and sports events (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
25 Mar 2026One-minute speeches on matters of political importance Speech · 1 minRead
10 Mar 2026Defence (joint debate) Speech · 1 minRead
24 Feb 2026Four years of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
10 Feb 2026Building a stronger European defence in light of an increasingly volatile international environment (debate) Speech · 1 minRead
20 Jan 2026Territorial integrity and sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark: the need for a united EU response to US blackmail attempts (debate) Speech · 1 minRead

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Questions and motions, 14

Parliamentary questions and motions for resolutions the member authored or co-signed, newest first.

Date: tabled. Title: the question or motion, with its id. Kind: written question or motion for a resolution, with the number of co-authors. Answer: the date of the answer to a question.
DateTitleKindAnswer
29 Jul 2026Territorial scope of the amended EU-Morocco Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation concerning Morocco’s participation in PRIMA E-10-2026-003166Written questionwith 18 co-authorsNot yet answered
3 Mar 2026Three years since the railway accident in Tempi, Greece O-10-2026-000010Oral questionwith 35 co-authorsNot yet answered
2 Mar 2026Nuclear technology and Horizon Europe E-10-2026-000847Written questionwith 8 co-authors28 May 2026
2 Mar 2026Breach of EU-Israel Association Agreement E-10-2026-000848Written questionwith 7 co-authors1 Jun 2026
27 Feb 2026Omnibus package and EU-Israel Association Agreement E-10-2026-000824Written questionwith 8 co-authors1 Jun 2026
25 Feb 2026Critical disparity in NDICI cushion allocations with regard to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza E-10-2026-000802Written questionwith 12 co-authors20 May 2026
3 Oct 2025Splitting of the association agreement with Mercosur E-10-2025-003894Written questionwith 13 co-authors1 Dec 2025
23 Sept 2025Highly concerning comments by VP/HR Kaja Kallas at EUISS event E-10-2025-003692Written questionwith 10 co-authors19 Dec 2025
17 Sept 2025GPS interference on the flight of Commission President von der Leyen – media disinformation and distorted facts O-10-2025-000030Oral questionwith 36 co-authorsNot yet answered
15 Sept 2025MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION MOTION OF CENSURE ON THE COMMISSION B-10-2025-0402Motion for a resolutionwith 71 co-authors—

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Amendments tabled in committee, 4

Committee amendment documents that carry amendments by the member, with how many are theirs.

Date: of the amendment document. Text amended: the dossier and the document’s id. Committee: where the amendments were tabled. Amendments: how many in the document are the member’s.
DateText amendedCommitteeAmendments
22 Apr 20262025 Commission report on Ukraine AFET-AM-786697 AFET7
27 Jun 2025Amending Regulations (EU) 2021/694, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697, (EU) 2021/1153, (EU) 2023/1525 and 2024/795, as regards incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan SEDE-AM-775439 SEDE1
5 Jun 20252023 and 2024 Commission reports on Ukraine AFET-AM-774391 AFET2
26 May 2025Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement CJ38-AM-774277 CJ383

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Connections

Dossiers they lead or shadow, committees, party, delegation and other related pages.

Political group

National delegation

  • Delegation Germany National delegation

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Data version
data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1 · methods
Retrieved
30 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Ruth FIRMENICH”. Member record. memberId 25758. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/25758?page=21&scope=final&vscope=all (retrieved 30 September 2026). Official source: Member’s profile, European Parliament, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/25758. Data: EP Open Data: member record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/meps/25758?format=application%2Fld%2Bjson (CC BY 4.0); data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1.
BibTeX
@misc{epw-member-25758,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Ruth FIRMENICH}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/25758?page=21&scope=final&vscope=all}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/members/25758?page=21&scope=final&vscope=all},
  urldate = {2026-09-30},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Member record. memberId 25758. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/25758. Data: EP Open Data: member record (CC BY 4.0); data version 772c7b2d0380 (30 Sept 2026) · methods: group-at-date v1, participation v1, abstention v1, loyalty v1, against-clear v1, cohesion v1, agreement v1, group-agreement v1, winning-side v1, similar-votes v1, scope v1, data-version v1}
}